This was somehow overlooked in the Times birthday list this morning. Today is Bruce Kimmel's birthday. He is 29. Please send him a birthday message. In honor of this occasion, NYC has suspended the Alternate Side of the Street Cleaning Rules.

Making the Spirit Go A-Leaping

'Old Money': Social Lions and Losers by Ben Brantley

James Barbour

The Secret Garden Looks to the West End

Broadway Les Miz cuts - part 1 (as of 7 December)

Final Curtains: Last Chance To See Several B'way Blockbusters in the Coming Weeks

How Were the Reviews?: Old Money

Disney Plans January Carnival Reading

Little Shop of Horrors To Take Root on Broadway?

There seems to be a new Theatre.com columnist named Michael Buckley. He is writing under the banner "Past and Present". Welcome Michael!

Musical Time and Again Taps David McCallum to Play Mysterious Government Man

12/5/00

On this day in 1791, Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at age 35. Today's birthdays include: Walt Disney.

A Burst of Energy in the Regional Theater
There is a current burst of energy in regional theaters, many of which have taken advantage of a strong economy, a growing companionability with commercial producers, and their own institutional maturity to present riskier and more expansive work than they did five years ago.

B'Way Receipts Drop; 'Best' Bucks Trend. 'Search' also up though White Way stumbles.

'Clowns' Folds Up Tent On B'Way Revival. Selleck headliner to open in North Carolina May 15.

Godspeed Tunes Up Names Change. Opera House takes on Musicals moniker, to bow in April.That is actually how Variety spelled "Goodspeed". It is unfortunate. Remember when Variety used to care about Broadway? I know that this is simply a typo, but Variety's coverage of Broadway is pretty poor considering what it used to be.

CIE Inks Ad Deal With Terra Lycos. Similar accords sought in Argentina, Brazil, Spain.CIE seems to be like a Livent - Mexico.

Goodspeed Operation Renames Itself Goodspeed Musicals

Equity Plans to Bird Dog Troikas Sound of Music With Pickets in Ohio

SAG and AFTRA Members Approve Commercial Contract

Dec. 4 TDF Dance Workshop Launches "Dance Project"

Broadway Grosses: November 27 - December 3 - Part 1

PHOTO CALL: Pete 'n' Keely 'n' Betty 'n' Mackie 'n' ReddyI always find it strange when a "Photo Call" has no photo... but maybe it will show up later in the day...

Roundabout Conducts Post-Show Talk with Gussow, After Dec. 9 Betrayal

Stage Directors and Choreographers Go One-on-One With Albee, Dec. 5

Ricky Ian Gordon Album, Featuring McDonald, Due in Stories Feb. 20

OBs Second Stage Puts Albees Alice in the Hands of Thomas and Robins, Dec. 5

ShowMag.com, an online entertainment magazine based on the left coast, has a nice little feature on our own little crush: Lisa Richard.

I hear Lea Delaria got a record deal with one of the big music companies...

Ron Bohmer is The Scarlet Pimpernel on the National Tour. Ron joins the company with his first performance in Denver on Dec. 12th. This tour is actually a different version than P3 that Ron performed on Broadway, so he will need a week to rehearse with the company in Tempe.

I can't believe how many of you were still coming to this website through jamesmarino.com... until I killed the site this weekend. So bookmark BroadwayStars! The other site will probably not be back for a long time.

12/4/00

On this day in 1875, William Marcy Tweed, the ''Boss'' of New York City's Tammany Hall political organization, escaped from jail and fled the country. (Hey that would make a great musical! Nevermind.) Today's birthdays include: Wink Martindale and Marisa Tomei.

The Goodman Theater: Sleek Digs for a Grande Dame

'The Last of the Thorntons': Wry Smiles Temper the Anguish of Old Age

Win Free tickets to PETE 'N' KEELY!

Ruth Wallis Musical Revue B(.)(.)BS! Workshops OB, Dec. 5You hardly ever get to see a show with a tenor named Kilty. (And an excellent former Plaid he is!)

Kaufman and Hart -- and Marlowe by Peter Filichia

Showgirl of 52nd Street Next on York Theatre's New Musicals Series, Dec. 4

Used Piano with Rich Broadway History ... Needs Home by Forrest Mallard

Giving Thanks by Sean Patrick Flahaven

Poor Horton by Sean Patrick Flahaven

Variety's Oscar Site Now Open For Biz. Searchable pic screenings, in-depth coverage offered.

Kevin Chamberlin

National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped Presents Brel Cabaret Dec. 6-9 in NYC

Tomorrow's Broadway.com Datebook (on their front page) lists BC/EFA's Gypsy of the Year at The New Amsterdam. It is of course at The Palace. Just didn't want anyone showing up at the wrong theatre.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2000 -- 9:00PM-11:00PM
This Sunday on EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN features the music of Bobby Darin. Some of the songs from his career that will be broadcast are: "Splish Splash", "Beyond The Sea" from 1959 Capitol Release That's All. Rodgers and Hammerstein's "I Have Dreamed" recorded live at The Copa "If I Were A Carpenter" (Tim Hardin) and, of course, "Mack The Knife" written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Marc Blitzstein.

Three-Ring Thrills Distilled to One. Barnum's Kaleidoscape, the big-time one-ring circus filled with superb acts that has pitched its red-and-white spired tent in Bryant Park, is no watered-down version of tradition.

Chatterbox Rudetsky Gets His Own Show to Shine, Dec. 2-30 at OOBs HERE

Actors Fund Launches Web-Based Auction of 1000 Stars. Dec. 1

Danny Zolli's CD... I spoke with Danny the other day about his CD. It is 12 tracks, of which 7 are ready to be mixed. He really has no deadline for the CD, other than sometime soon, so perhaps we will see it in the spring. (At least he has not been working on his CD as long as Stokes has.) He only has one tune from a show. Of course it is Gethsemene, which Danny sings better than *anyone* who has ever walked this earth. The rest of it is definitely rock and roll. I am looking forward to hearing it. Danny is a wonderful talent.